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Gee, I would have hoped that an ad like this with both Michelle and Cindy might not bring out the worst in people and might curb the hysteria.

Thanks, Mike-TX, for proving me wrong.

I thought Cindy doesn't like to shake poor people's hand?

Oh this is great. Remember the UN and food for oil corruption? Nobody believes UN anymore. UN needs a reform.

How about Momma Walbucks dish out some of those millions since her and her Alzheimer's having husband can afford 10 homes and can't keep count of how many they have.

I'm with you little Man, and they are all in Africa...

Mccain Is Not A Hero! . . . Enough Said!

"Chuck": You do realize that Cindy McCain was in this ad also, don't you?

I LOVE Matt Damon... aka..Jason Bourne.

I love the ad... aka... very true..

I LOVE Barack Obama..... aka .... 44th President of the United States..

Yes..>WE<...Can...!!

I really like Cindy. I feel sorry for her through. McCain is a dominating person and she was so young compared to him when they married. McCain lied to her about his age and marital status when he met her and then used her for her money.

LOL Chuck.....

The Deomcratic controlled Congress has been here since 2006 and the Repbublicans have fillibustered a record number of bills to prevent anything useful from happening. Add to that the vetoes from your President.

Anything else you need 'clarification' on?

GiroGeezer, Calif.

I disagree.....if the ONE Campaign spends 2 million on an ad campaign to bring attention to Africa, and people see this add and act on it by writing letters to their officials, (which is a huge thing with the ONE campaign), joining the peace core, donating food etc etc. Awareness and action is the end goal of this campaign, not just money.

Besides, if you just handed the two million dollars over to Africans....what's to keep the corrupt dictators from just taking it anyway...right?

Help me out here CNN......post me

how many kids would 2 mill. feed ?

Let Oprah, Jolie and Pitts money continue worrying about Africa and let American dollars stay in America. Those people don't even know they are "suffering" until we tell them they don't have it as good as us. They make do as they always have for hundreds of years.

Hi Steve,

Don't underestimate the cost of the war, which still rages on.

Sifa....

So why isn't this $2 million dollar ad playing in Europe?
What about Saudi Arabia (practically on Africa's doorstep) total government foreign humanitarian aid (documented) less than $100,000 USD.....
I'm not opposed to the ad-I am opposed to the notion that we aren't already giving–against our will from our government–despite what we may be donating individually. And I still maintain, dear Sifa–other western nations, industrialized nations–aren't exactly running over there with a checkbook.

Thanks...New now please!

Hey Chuck, you forgot to add that Congress was controlled by the Republicans for the first six and half years. Oh wait, you want to ignore that and live in denial.

McCain = Part of the problem for the past two decades.
McCain = A continuation of the Bush economic policies
McCain = Another war president
McCain = A man who doesn't respect women, let alone his own wife.

The whole cheating on your wife thing should not be a big deal to democrats.....Bill Clinton was president.

"Damon remains on camera, but his voice is replaced by those of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Michelle Obama, Cindy McCain, as well as average Americans"

How awesome that we 'averages' got included in this ad. I'm headed right now to give more money away to see that it is well served in some far-off location.

HEY BILL IN FLORIDA........

CINDY LIKES TO WORK FOR CHARITIES BECAUSE SHE CAN GET HER HANDS ON ALL THE PAIN RELIEVER SHE WANTS.

MICHELLE OBAMA HAS WORKED MOST HER LIFE IN HELPING THE LESS FORTUNATE.

UNLIKE YOU AS A REPUBLICAN WHO DONT BELIEVE IN HELPING THE POOR.
AS FAR AS CINDY DONATING TO CHARITY ITS ONLY FOR TAX RELIEF IM SURE.

**U.S. tax dollars heading for the African continent:

$220 million–Women's justice
$4.1 billion- aids, malaria, public health
$519 million-economic development
$376.3 million–direct humanitarian aid

**This is just general revenue earmarked from tax dollars and does not include phlianthropic efforts through the many religious and humanitarian organizations millions of Americans already donate their time and money to.

Joe Kiloz

are you some type of idiot? Can you type or write a complete sentence? What a weird person you are. What I would suggest is you take a look at some of the comments and try to type one yourself it's not that hard. instead of all of the capital letters and weird symbols, you should be able to come up with something, but then again you are an mcsane fan and any body who follows this loser is not very bright. LOL

Obama, Obama all the way

steve, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

I'm guessing that they are following Obama's lead with his idea to go along with the UN and to tax all Americans for redistribution by the UN to the poor.

But of course, the UN officials will have to get their cut first.

reminds me of the "buy red" AD campaign that last i heard, GAP spent 20 million dollars advertising and only resulted in like 2 million of money for charity.

As an american, I am self absorbed. I'm all fine and dandy helping other countries...but only AFTER anyone in our country suffering is helped FIRST. To what degree does an american have to suffer before we say 'help our own first". I don't call it a decision. My sister is dying vs my next door neighbor is dying...I have one kidney I can give: Guess who gets it?

As such, you can either say It's being "self absorbed", or you can say it's called being patriotic.

WHILE AMERICA PONDERS THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS, RUSSIA , LIKE ITS PREDECESSOR IS AGAIN PROVING THE BULLY ING AGGRESSOR TO ITS NEIGHBORS. BEOFRE WORLD WAR TWO , IT INVADED FINLAND AND TOOK CHUNKS OF TERRITORY, RUSSIA'S EXCUSE? FINLAND STARTED THE WAR!!! NOW RUSSIA , THE NEXT MOST POWERFUL NATION ON THE PLANET BLAMES GEORGIA AS THE ONE WHO STARTED THE FIGHTING ,HA. !!! RUSSIA'S GENERALS DRESSED IN ALL THEIR FINERY ARE TALKING UP THE PROPAGANDA AGAINST GEORGIA, A LITTLE COUNTRY WHICH TRIED TO PREVENT A DISSIDENT UPRISING IN ONE OF ITS OWN PROVINCES. RUSSIA SWOOPS DOWN WITH OVERWHELMING FORCES INTO HAPLES GEORGIA.
AND RUSSIA SIGNA S CEASE FIRE AND PROMISES TO LEAVE THE
COUNTRY OF GEORGIA , BUT NOT BEFORE INFLICTING AND SCORCHING, LOOTING AND KILLING THE COUNTRY.
TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY , RUSSIA SENDS WHAT IT CALLS "STERN WARNING TO POLAND BECAUSE IT SIGNED A MISSILE DEFENCE TREATY WITH THE U.S.A .. THEY HAVE THE GALL TO WARN POLAND WHICH THEY ALSO INVADED IN WWII.
EUROPEAN NATIONS AND AMERICA SHOULD DECLARE ONCE AND FOR ALL THEIR SOLID UNITY AGAINST RUSSIAN AGGRESSION AND NUCLEAR THREATS.. AMERICA CANNOT STAND ALONE AND NATO CANNOT AFFORD TO BE INTIMIDATED
AND BE DIVIDED BY RUSSIAN BLUSTER AND THREATS.
NATO AND AMERICA ARE MORE THAN A MATCH FOR RUSSIAN AGGRESSION EVEN IF IT CAM TO NUCLEAR CONFRONTATIION.
REMEMBER JOHN F. KENNEDY. HE CONFRONTED RUSSIA AND DID NOT SHIRK HIS DUTY AND FORM HIS RESOLVE TO STOP RUSSIAN AGGRESSIVE ACTS IN THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS.

Hey Bill from Florida,
I am not sure Michelle has done the same as Cindy. Then to think about it, she is the only one taking care of their daughters for the most past the Obama has been campaigning, so I guess it may not be so easy for her to just pack up and go.

McCain may not tax you, but he sure we make being an American a living hell. I bet he'll pull a Bushie via read my lips "No new taxes, while lieing out of his azz. Go figure.

virgo: that's wrong. the iraq war has cost i believe 700 billion so far. that sounds like a lot – but it's over what 5 years? the annual highway budget blows through 700 billion dollars in 2 years. and you can be pretty sure most of that money isn't being spent on asphalt (do you know how much asphalt 300 billion should be able to buy?)

meanwhile, our spending on "healthcare" (medicare) is the biggest culprit in the 53 trillion dollars of debt/liability our country has. medicare will bankrupt us in about 20 years. public health spending is the 2 ton gorilla in terms of contributors to our debt, nothing else comes close, not even #2 the dismal failure of social security.
hooo rah for socialism!

Don't worry, Nom Deplume, when McCain is prez and your taxes skyrocket, he'll make one of his 10 houses a complaint center, and then use it as a tax write-off.

Funny, I heard MANY top economists say that, if you're under $250k/year, you'll be just fine under Obama's plan. I guess those degrees they got are just decoration after all.

the funny thing is those billions flowing into other countries usually flow into countries that hate us. we just signed a 50 billion dollar bill to combat aids in africa because the leaders there tell people condoms are the devil. what a good use of our money when our government is facing a 53 trillion dollar debt thanks to socialist policies like social security and medicare.
it's ironic that most countries that hate us are somewhere between obama and karl marx on the left of the political spectrum, and what do you know their economies are in shambles, and our capitalism they detest us so much for bleeds money back to their countries in foreign aid so they can hate us more

Andrew,

Our concern is that the lions' percentage of funding and humanitarian aid received from the increased exposure will end up the pockets of administrative bureacrats and siphoned off by corrupt dictators and tyrants of poverty stricken countries. Better to give them the 2 million dollars and see how it gets used.

While I agree with you 100%, Republican for Obama, I think you should be more careful. You're about to be branded a socialist, cubby-holed, and flamed on by paranoid maniacs. You're different, and that's scary.

Prepare yourself.

Sorry. I will have nothing left over for charity once the Democrats are done taxing me to death. I've done the math and my taxes will go up under Obama. A lot. I guess we are "rich" in the eyes of liberals. Funny that we never got the memo (or the yacht).

Hate to say it, but the forced exaction to take care of causes I don't believe in leaves me with no desire (let alone money) to take care of others. Let Soros and Buffett do it; they say they aren't taxed enough.

“The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.” Vladimir Lenin

Cindy will make an excellent first lady! Michelle, not so much!

As to your last post; I can't stand Reid or Pelosi! They are totally out of touch with mainstream America!

new cnn polls of polls have come out cnn did you metion that

Please, you guys stop it. All Americans know that, there are a lot of problems that need fixing in this country, so Praetorian, Fort Myers and all, don't blame the African conitnent if Americans decide to do something about what is going on there. Believe me when I say that, a lot of the troubles Africans are having are fueled by westen influences/involvements, so it's only fair that they fix it. Also, when people say they are doing God knows what in Africa, they need to specify which African nation is getting the help, because my native country (Congo, formerly known as zaire) is the most forgatten while, Rwanda and Sudan get all the attention and the Congo has lost more than 5MILLION LIVES, women are being raped left and right, and the world says and does nothing about it. Get all the facts before you starts talking.

Having said that, I do agree with those of you who said that we need to fix our problems here at home. From the war in Iraq, to all the activities we have our hands tied to, we can change a lot in America. Health care, schools, our economy, ect. So, hope the new gov. will focuse more on problems here ate home, before embarking billions of dollars overseas and ignore all the sufferings going in our back yards.

Ultra Militant Hillary Supporter- Charity begins at home punk..and you My friend were at the Movies when Manners were served.*.But Head*

I knoe Cindy McCain is very involved and has traveled to other countries, but I haven't heard about Michelle Obama going anywhere.
Is Michelle Obama involved in any of these projects now or before
her husband started running for President.? I haven't heard of any.
I know Cindy McCain donates alot of money to charity and is very involved.

We spend more money on a God forsaken war in Iraq than we do on healthcare in America. I don't hear these same Republicans crying socialism when President Bush was trying to bring "Freedom and Democracy to Iraq at the cost of Americans. I rather contribute to fighting AIDS and disease than bringing Bush's version of Democracy to Iraq and the rest of the world.

I am for helping the world but let's help the USA 1st.

Wasn't it Obama who answered last week that America's biggest moral let down was that we don't share? (with a few Kennedy-esque er's, um's and ah's)
BTW, America(n's) are the most generous people on earth-fact.
Do some homework Barrack when you don't have a teleprompter.

It's too bad Cindy McCain didn't join on when she was first asked to, but rather after her husband became the presumptive presidential candidate. If McCain were not in the position he's in today, Cindy McCain would be nowhere near this effort!

Has Cindy released her tax statements yet?

Yeah, Chuck, and meanwhile, you're supporting a candidate who's got the extra-matrimonial instincts of Bill Clinton and the intelligence of George Bush.

I'd take liberal and socialist over that anyday. You flamers got anything better to do than spout macho BS all day?

"Oh, Obama's soooooo weak." No, he cares. Unlike John "check my wife's jugs out" McCain. You may say "no experience," but I'm the youngest admin officer in the agency where I work with the least amount of experience, and guess who gets the job done over here?

You're all just scared of new directions and ready for any rhetoric which will validate your paranoia. And frankly, I pity you.

Why aren't celebrities as concerned about solving the problems we have here as they are about solving other coutries' problems?

There are not billions of US dollars flowing into African countries. There is very little flowing into those potential trading partners. The reason is that there is no oil or other product that the US leaders want to buy from those countries.

I recognize the need abroad, but my focus is my community. We have elderly who can't afford medicine if they pay their electric bill, we have children who go to school hungry, we have homeless families who lost their jobs when their employer moved off shore and tried to hold on when underemployed but lost it all when the economy was driven straight into the ditch, and a Presidential candidate who can't remember exactly how many houses and condominiums he owns.

H A R R Y,,,,,,,,,,,,,R E I D,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, L I S T E N,,,,,,,,,,,,

Chuck, you sir (and I use that term loosely) are a moron.

Take a look at Cindy McCain in the commercial before you spew your hatred please.

And to be more accurate your comparison should go:

McCain = Bush (out of touch, pro-war, oil related, criminal)
Obama = Lincoln (A man to over come our current national divide, with the exception of idiots like you)

Wow! Matt Damon. What a proven formidable thinker. Who next? Brad Pitt?

BARAK OBAMA WILL ANNOUNCE HIS VP RUNNING MATE EITHER TODAY OR TOMORROW AND IT WILL BE THE "BREAKING NEWS" DURING THE MAJOR NETWORKS NEWS BROADCASTS AT THE
6:00 PM OR 6:30 PM TIME SLOTS . THE TIME SLOTS WILL CAPTURE THE MOST NUMBER OF PEOPLE WATCHING THE NEWS AT THAT TIME AND STILL ON THE LATE NEWS BROADCASTS AND OTHER PROGRAMS..
IT WILL ALSO BE AN EXTENSIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF OBAMA HIMSELF AND HIS VP CHOICE..
SO PEOPLE WATCH THE EVENING NEWS TODAY AND TOMORROW.
SATURDAY IS NOT LIKELY BECAUSE PEOPLE GO TO THE BEACH
OR SHOPPING OR MOVIES OR WATCH THE OLYMPICS.

Hey CNN moderators, what happen to my comment/opinion in
"Campaigns reach final agreement on presidential debates "?
I do not think that I have written anything offensive.

Chuck...what the hell are you talking about????? This is a non-partisan ad to help 3rd world countries. Idiot.

How pathetic we sound as Americans, "take care of us first, me first, we are suffering!" The percentage of people in this country that are truly suffering is minute compared to other third world countries.

Do you realize how self absorbed this sounds to people that actually know what suffering is? People who are lucky to get a bowl of rice every couple days, people who are chopped up by thugs with machetes, people who entire generations go illiterate and therefore have little to no hope to help themselves. We Americans, yes me included, are spoiled. Our standard of living is so high compared to other countries on this planet we have no idea what it means to go without, for most.

Reading these posts make me ashamed for America.

Could CNN have a poll to decide how many Americans want to suspend foreign aid until we fix our housing,social security and health care problems? please.

This thread shows just the kind of warm-hearted philanthropy that makes us so beloved around the world.

Awsome!!!!!

Using ONE as an example, if both parties would put solving our problems first and their parties power standing second, think what could be done.

Something both sides agree on? Gee, there must be something wrong here.

I agree with "Andrew Lee".. I also feel that this is the type of thing that could be considered a "public Service announcement" and aired free.

What about the billions of $$$ wasted in Iraq ? That does not anger you ?

Hey Chuck !

McCain = lies
McCain = ???? houses
McCain = cheater
McCain = no experience
McCain = Manchurian candidate
McCain = confusion

Worse than pathetic. Just frightening

The Presidential campaign could have been – and should have been – as civil as this ad. That it's degenerated to the level it has must be laid squarely at the feet of the McCain campaign.

At least the Obama campaign's attack ads speak the truth. The McCain campaign attack adds, on the other hand, are full of half truths and even downright lies!

I suppose the billions of taxpayor dollars in foreign and humanitarian aid flowing to the African continent isn't enough.

These kind of appeals gag me. This is a big planet–we can't tote the tab for everyone.

Too many problems and issues here at home that need to be addressed first.

Bush did nothing without the approval of the Congress!!!

Oh Yeah... the congress is controlled by Democrats!!!

Guess this ad is just one more instance of Barry "American Idol" Obama calling on his young, Hollywood, liberal, do nothings, for help.

Pathetic.

McCain = Straight Answers
McCain = Strong America
McCain = Experience

Obama = Carter...(Socialist, liberal, weak) Will lead us into the worst recession since the 1970s.... when Carter was President.

Nice

Steve,

Because that 2 million dollars worth of ad campaign will be viewed by at least 10 to 15 million people, and if half of those people that we're exposed actually decided to do something for the greater good.....well then it served it's purpose.

Good for the wives. It's good for them to be cordial for the greater good. No way to knock either for this truely inspiring merge to help others.

On a side note: Let's help all of the suffering American's first! (and not pointed at either party, but if it's OUR money then it should be US first, all others second)

Charity begins at home punk..

Go bless America, the greatest country in the world..

2 million for the ad?
why didn't they just give that money to the people who need it?